'''''The Gospel of Mark is [[Trump]]-like in its blunt, down-to-earth style critical of the elite and their practices''''':
'''''The Gospel of Mark is [[Trump]]-like in its blunt, down-to-earth style critical of the elite and their practices''''':
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*only the Gospel of Mark begins by boldly declaring, Trump-like in style, that it is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]";<ref>Mark 1:1 ([[ESV]]).</ref>
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*only the Gospel of Mark begins by boldly declaring, Trump-like in style, that it is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]";<ref>{{bibleref|Mark|1|1|ver=ESV}}.</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says that that Jesus was a mere carpenter;
*only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says that that Jesus was a mere carpenter;
*only Mark quotes Jesus as expressing dismay at [[the Apostles]] by saying, “Do you not understand this [[parable]]? How then will you understand all the parables?”<ref>Mark 4:13 ([[ESV]]).</ref>
*only Mark quotes Jesus as expressing dismay at [[the Apostles]] by saying, “Do you not understand this [[parable]]? How then will you understand all the parables?”<ref>Mark 4:13 ([[ESV]]).</ref>